Carotid calcification on panoramic radiographs: An important marker for vascular risk

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 510-514

  Cohen, Stanley N ^a,b   Friedlander, Arthur H ^c   Jolly, Desmond A ^d   Date, Lesley ^d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036777834     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.125580     Document Type: Article

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